2015 speculation
 

sorry if its a repost, but I hadn't seen it before.

Interesting, although I don't agree with the last sentence in the article.

2015 Nissan Z - Top Speed

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Thanks, Mike :tup:

Nice find! :tup:

The engine is the one thing that Nakamura pointed to as needing changed, as the 3.7-liter V-6 just isn’t cutting it. Sure, it’s pumping out a healthy 332 ponies, but its 270 pound-feet of torque leave a little to be desired. The 370Z can hit 60 mph in 5.1 seconds on a good day, but modern sports cars are almost all in the sub-5-second range. Moreover, the 18 to 19 mpg city and 25 to 26 mpg highway is really dragging Nissan down in the CAFÉ regulations.

does that mean its going to be faster and better mpg?

I would love to see 250Z turbo it in this z concept.

good find, i also don't agree with the last few sentences in the article.

Well take out the 6 cylinder and replace it with at 4 cylinder it's no longer a Z. All Z cars since the S30 (1969) have had 6 cylinders. This 4 cylinder would take away from the heritage if the Z Car.

I call BS in the 4 cylinder

I dont understand why it has to be a 4-turbo. why not use a 3.0 turbo or better yet a 3.0 inline turbo. Another option is Mercedes 3.2 turbo (I think they have a turbo variant of that engine at least)

The last sentence totally ruined that article for me. I mean they act like the 370 was a downgrade compared tot he 350.

that article is 95% wild speculation. I'll wait til the real information comes out.

A dissapointment? /boggle

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I think the only things we can be confident about the new Z is that it will be lighter and more fuel efficient. How exactly it will do those things is still debatable. I would say it's most likely going to get a downsized direct injected engine with twin turbos. I think it will most likely be a TT V6 because even with the new Altima they decided to go with a V6 model instead of a TT V4. You can make the argument that they will use something based on the Juke's engine, but I hope they stick with a V6.

Entire article might as well be someone's post on here....last sentence makes him sound like a troll, lol.

I tell ya... If the next Z has a 4 cylinder turbo, the 370 will be my last Z car. If I wanted fuel economy, I would have bought a Prius.

Lighter with equal or better power to weight and better torque sounds good to me -- especially if accomplished with boost, because then it's waaaay easier to turn up the wick.

I somewhat disagree, the 370z def has some significant shortcomings right out of the box for a track enthusiast. most of them are an easy fix (minus the fuel starve) but it would have been nice it the car came wiht a real lsd, good brakes, and an oil cooler from the factory (not to mention a second pick up point in the fule tank so sweeping right handers don't kill the car).

Or if you want to stay in the Nissan family, a Leaf, Versa, or Sentra (although the last two aren't as high in MPG as Leaf/Prius)

sorry to say, but this Justin Cupler (author) just landed himself on my ignore list.

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:iagree: The 332 hp is ok for now. And just ok. The 276 pound-feet torque is lame. I just read an article on the next gen IPL g coupe. It's gonna be a v6 twin turbo rock 530hp! Since the G and the Z are like cousins, I doubt(also hope!) the next Z is going to be turbo charged!

It'd be interesting to see if Nissan withholding the Z car from the market for a couple years would then stimulate demand later on . ? . .

It does come with an oil cooler now...and I thought they fixed the brake issues by adding better venting. It would have been nice if they had it all along though.

I know it has it's fair share of shortcomings, but to say "the 370Z was a disappointment to most enthusiasts and it really is a far cry from the Z-cars of yesteryear" is uninformed jiberish. IMO the 370 is better than the 350 in every way, but because the sales figures during one of the worst recession in history doesn't match that of 350, it's a failure. It just sounds like this writer hasn't done any real research within the Z community.....or any group into cars for that matter. The Z was and is marketed towards the average "working man." The 370 just had bad timing, especially when the working man's chances of being unemployed became that much more likely.

Preach on brother. Now all we need is a factory turno

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Who are you? and why are your impersonating Isamu?

now if they go with a turbo inline 6 on the other hand...

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Reported to moderators.

For what?

Following the rules, that's why I'm not banned.

actually you are not.. you have cloned my name. and you are trolling, which is a violation of the rules..

also, did I steal your woman? fuck your mom? what did I do to you that you have such a hard on for me? I mean I am flattered. but sheesh...
if you are going to try an be me, you better step up your game home boy... :bowrofl::bowrofl:

I love my car... idk what this guys talking about.

it was leaps and bounds better then the 350z.

tho I will admit, I would love to see a new 300Z TT <3

Doing TT would vastly increase the price point and make it compete with luxury cars abd the Shelby and ZL1. That's what happened to the 300ZTT. I had one a long time ago. Plus I have ridden in 240, 260, and 280 models. The start price point of a TT z would be north of 40 some K. At that level they simply won't sell much to the market demographic they target.

they could do like they did with the 300ZX. Make an NA version, similiar to the current gen, and a TT version

or make the NISMO TT

If they downsize the engine and then add TT, they can keep the price the same. That's what a lot of manufacturers are doing with their cars these days.

even if they stick with teh VQ37.. the technology is there... just a lil r&D for OEM piping...


it would be cool to see a factory VQ with lil 16g's

I doubt they will stick with the VQ37 just for fuel efficiency reasons. Direct injection should also come into play for the next Z.

I was just saying they could... not that they would